Strid"u*lous (?), a. [L. stridulus. See Strident.]
Making a shrill, creaking sound.
Sir T. Browne.
The Sarmatian boor driving his stridulous cart.
Longfellow.
Stridulous laryngitis Med., a form of croup, or laryngitis, in children, associated with dyspnea, occurring usually at night, and marked by crowing or stridulous breathing.
© Webster 1913.